Safe construction.



M. MOSLER & C. BARTELS.

SAFE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIGATION FILED 001221, 1914.

1,126,830. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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SAFE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED 001221, 1914.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT carica.

MOSES MOSLER, OF CINCINNATI, AND CARL BARTELS, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO 'lI-IE IVIOSLER SAFE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFE CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application led October 21, 1914. Serial No. 867,701.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Mosns MosLnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, and CARL BnRrnLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safe-Construction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to the construction of safes or vaults of square door type, and relates to such manner of construction as permits of the construction of the main part of the safe or vault, including the door, and the subsequent ready application to the front wall and to the door of the outer facemembers provided with the outer accessories of the safes, thus permitting of heavier and rougher work of constructing the main portions being done in one portion of the factory, while the nicer face portions of front wall and door may be constructed in another portion of the factory and later assembled with the main portion. The improved con struction also presents special advantages in shipment and ultimate erection of safes or vaults, for the rougher and heavier main portions, or what may be considered the coarser parts of the work may be shipped, in many cases, without packing, while the finer face portions may be packed and shipped separately and readily placed in position after the main portions have been erected.

Our invention will be readily understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the doored wall of a safe embodying our invention, parts appearing in vertical section in the plane of line a of Figs. 2 and 3: Fig. 2 a vertical section of the same in the plane of line b of Figs. 1 and 3: Fig. 3 a horizontal section in the plane of line c of Figs. 1 and 2: Fig. 4 a horizontal section, `viewed upwardly, of portions in the plane of line d of Figs. 1 and 2: and Fig. 5 a vertical section of portions in the plane of line b of Figs. 1 and 3, this view illustrating a somewhat modied construction.

In the drawings: 1, indicates the general front wall of the safe, which may, if desired, be made of unmachinable manganese steel casting: 2,a rectangular door-opening therein, this door-opening being stepped as usual 1n safe construction: 3, a front wall-plate formed of machinable metal and disposed against the front of the front wall and margining the front portion of the door-opening and forming one of the steps of the doorj amb, the rear of this front wall-plate being recessed: 4, a rearwardly projecting Harige extending from the outer margin of the front wall-plate and, preferably, in contact with the forward face of the main portion of the front wall: 5, mortises in that portion of flange 4 at the top of the front wall-plate: 6, hooks projecting from the portion of main front wall 1 into the recess in the upper portion of the front wall-plate and engaging upwardly in the mortises 5 and serving to hold the upper portion of the front wall-plate to the main front wall: 7, an upwardly projecting hook. preferably in the form of a long rib, disposed on the lower portion of the main wall and projecting into the recess of the base of the front wall-plate: 8, a hook, preferably in the form of a long rib, projecting from the roof of the recess in the base of the front wall-plate and hooking down in behind hook 7 z 9, a vertical series of hooks extending from the main front wall into the rear recesses of the side members of the front wall-plate: 10, lugs projecting inwardly from the side walls of the side recesses of the front wall-plate and engaging in behind hooks 9, all of the hooking members thus far referred to being brought into engagement by a movement of the front wall-plate in a direction parallel with one of the margins of the door-opening, the direction of engagement in the illustration being downward, these hooking members, when engaged, binding the front wall-plate securely to the main front wall: 11, a front door-plate, of machinable metal, and having its margin engaging that step of the door-j amb formed by front wall-plate 3: 12, a doordnember of unmachinable metal, disposed to the rear of the front doorplate, and having its margin in fitting engagement with the appropriate step of the door-jamb: 13, hooks projecting upwardly from the front door-plate near its upper margin: 14, hooks projecting forwardly from door-member 12 and engaging down in behind hooks 13: 15, hooks projecting upwardly from the front door-plate near its base: 16, hooks projecting downwardly from the base'of front door-member 12 and engaging down in behind hooks 15: 17, a second door-member tothe rear of doormember 12 and having its marginv in fitting engagement with the appropriate'step of the door-jamb: 18, upper and lower hooks connecting door-members 12 and 17 in the same manner as door-member 12 is connected with the front door-plate: 19, a third door-member to the rear of door-member 17 and having its margin in fitting engagement with a step of the door-jamb: 20, hooks sim ilar to the previously mentioned hooks and Y uniting door-members 17 and 19: 21, a boltframe, of machinable metal, disposed to the rear of door-member 19: 22, hooks, of the character already described, and serving to unite the bolt-frame to door-member 19: 23, hooks arranged in vertical series on the rear face of the front door-plate and the doormembers 12,17 and 19, and the bolt-frame, and near the side margins thereof, and engaging by vertical movement of the parts relative to each other: 2&1, (Fig. 5) points of contact between the contiguous faces of the door-members near their margins, these points of contact in the illustration in Fig. 5, being at those portions of the hooks coming nearest the contiguous face of the neighbor ing wall-member, these points of contact serving to space the margins of the wallmembers apart: 25, (F ig. 5) the spaces thus formed at the margins of the wall-members: and 26, pins through appropriate plates and engaging hook-members to prevent disengagement of hooks. p

It will be observed in the drawings that the front wall-plate carries hinge-members s and cam-seats and that the front door-plate carries hinge-members, cam-shafts and other usual outer accessories of safe doors. The frontdoor-plate and the door-members and the bolt-frame are all put into hooking en- Y gagement with each other by relative motion in a straight line parallel with one of the margins of the door-jamb, inthe illustrated case by downward motion parallel with the side of the door-jamb. The upper and lower and side hooking members bind the door parts securely together at all of their margins, and it will of course be understood that the engaging faces of the various hooks will be closely fitted to bring about the proper positioning of the door parts, these engaging faces being preferably vsomewhat inclined so that the hooks, in being engaged, have a tendency to draw the door parts firmly to each other. When the door is closed in its jamb the door-members are not only firmly secured to each other but the door-jamb so locks them as to prevent any relative displacement of them in an attempt to force the safe. It is preferable that the door-members are in contact with each other at their margins, these points of contact being the only ones, except the engaging surfaces of the hooks,.which require accurate fitting. But, in cases, it may be found desirable, mainly on the grounds ofeconomy, to avoid this close contact between the margins of the door-mem bers and to secure the positioning contact at points farther inwardly, as at the hooks, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The main fiat surfaces of the door-parts may be arranged as close together as is consistent with such clearance as will avoid the costly 'ttingv of surfaces, or the surfaces may be left a considerable distance apart, forming spaces which may be, if desired, provided with suitable filling of heat insulating character.

The front wall-plate and the door components having been properly fitted to each other and to the main wall and door-jamb, the front wallsplate and the front door-plate and the bolt-frame may be removed and dealt with in the factory in being fitted up with their accessories without the necessity for dealing with the massive door-members. After being fitted with their accessories they may, by a simple movement in a straight line, be applied to the main portion of the safe, it being understood that the word safe is intended to comprehend safes and vaults.

In illustrating our invention as applied to a safe or vault with a plurality of wallmembers, we have chosen a door compounded of three door-members but it is to be understood that this is not a limitation but that the door may be built up of any desired number of door-members, within reason, to secure a compound door of desired total thickness, and it is also to be understood that some of the features of our invention are applicable regardless of whether the door be of compound orsimple construction, and regardless of whether or not unmachinable metal be involved in the construction.

We claim 1. Safe-construction comprising, a main front wall containing a rectangular dooropening, a front wall-plate containing a rectangular door-opening and disposed against the front of said main front wall, and hooking devices carried by theA contiguous faces of said main front wall and said front wallplate at the four margins of the door-opening and arranged for hooking engagement by a motion of the front wall-plate in a direction parallel with one of the margins of the door-opening, combined substantially asl set forth.

2. Safe-construction comprising, a main front wall containing a door-opening, a rectangular front wall-plate containing a doorropening and recessed at its rear and disposed against the front of the main front wall,r mortises in the outer wall of the recess at'one of the side margins of said front 1,1ae,eso

Wall-plate, hooks projecting from the main front Wall into said recess and adapted for hooking engagement with said mortises, and hooking devices at the contiguous faces of said main front Wall and said ront Wallplate at the remaining margins of the front Wall-plate and adapted for hooking engagement by the motion Of the front Wall-plate Which causes said mortises and their hooks to engage, combined substantiall)T as set forth. p

3. Safe-construction comprising, a plurality of rectangular door-members disposed near each other tO form a compound thick door, a rectangular front door-plate disposed at the front of the front One of said door-members, a rectangular bolt-frame disposed at the rear of the rearmost one of said door-members, and hooking devices on the contiguous faces of said door-members and front door-plate and bolt-frame at their four margins and adapted for hooking engagement by motion in a direction parallel with One of the margins, combined substantially as set forth.

MOSES MOSLER. CARL BARTELS. Witnesses:

GEO. JOHNSON, M. S. BELDEN.

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